These gluten free, dairy free, egg free almond cookies are chewy and delicious. So much flavor in every bite, you won’t believe how good they are! Plus, these paleo cookies are unbelievably easy to make.
Seriously, these almond cookies are magic!
They don’t take much time to make, require only handful of ingredients and one bowl, and make you feel good eating them! If that’s not magic, I don’t know what is.
I’ll take guilt-free cookies any day, especially if they taste like heaven.
Yeah, this isn’t a new recipe. I first shared it back in January, 2014, and it’s been my go-to cookie recipe since then. Also, they get ton of rave reviews from readers all the time!
And because I couldn’t get enough of these cookies last month, I decided it was time to update the photos and add a video to show you just how easy it is to make them.
Oh and Grant LOVES these cookies. And I feel good feeding it to him, because it’s not loaded with processed sugar, butter and all.
Not only are these gluten free cookies are delicious, they’re soooo EASY to make. ( <- Did I mention that already?) You just need one bowl to mix everything in, which literally takes less than 10 minutes.
TIP: I noticed that depending on the ingredients (kind of honey, or maple syrup, or almond flour, etc) you use, the batter can vary in texture a little bit. Say if your batter is a bit on dry side, feel free to add a little bit more honey, or coconut oil to moisten it. This cookie batter is quite forgiving.
Yep, no chilling required! Which is also an important point, because, you know, when cookie craving hits, you need it pronto. Am I right?
And for variation, you can add chocolate chips, coconut flakes, or quick oats. I’ve seen comments from readers that raisins are great addition too! I personally love coconut flakes because it adds more chewiness.
All in all, you’re going to LOVE these paleo cookies.
Chewy Almond Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups 7oz/200gr almond flour
- ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons 120gr raw honey
- 4 teaspoons 20gr coconut oil, melted
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Optional Add-ins: ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips coconut flakes, or quick oats.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients, except optional add-ins. The mixture should be thick and evenly moistened. If you think your batter is too crumbly, feel free to add a little bit more honey or coconut oil. The batter is quite forgiving.
- If using, stir in optional add-ins like chocolate chips.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, shape the dough into 16 1-inch balls and place 8 cookies per baking sheet lined with parchment paper, or silicone mat.
- Flatten the cookie dough balls.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown. The cookies will be quite fragile as they come out of the oven, so cool for about 5 minutes on the baking sheets first, and then transfer onto wire rack to cool completely.
- Store the cookies in airtight container in the fridge.
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This recipe was originally published on January 22, 2014.
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Dina Awases says
This cookies of yours look very delicious and I am very grateful to have found you and bake together with you.
Shinee says
Thank you, Dina, for such sweet message. Hope you’ll give these cookies a try! They get so many rave reviews all the time.
Courtney says
So darn good!! Perfect texture. I did half vanilla extract and half almond. Mixed in walnuts and pressed a few chocolate chips on top of each. Absolutely delicious! Kept very well in the fridge for the day that they lasted. The texture didn’t get weird over time either like some other GF recipes do. My husband is demanding his second batch in 2 days, so off to the kitchen I go! 🙂
Linda says
Very good! I made a half batch to not use all of my precious almond flour in case I didn’t like them. Used almond extract instead of vanilla and a few chocolate chips. Glad I only made a half batch as I may eat them all in one day, it made about 8 small cookies. I will make again for sure.
Shinee says
Hi, Linda. So glad you enjoyed the cookies!! They do disappear pretty quickly! 🙂 Thank you for your feedback!
Mona says
I used maple syrup instead of honey and they turned out great. I also added cinnamon to half the batch – also great 🙂
Irina says
Thank you for the recipe 🙂 so simple and quick, and delicious! I like how versatile this cookies can be. I added lemon juice and lemon zest, and fresh pineapple, that I cut into small pieces. Baked for 10 min.
Shinee says
Irina, so glad you loved the cookies!! And thank you for sharing your adaptation. I never thought of adding lemon juice and zest, and pineapple, but now I can’t wait to try it!